You may have noticed a change in my hair. I took out my extensions after they’d been in for just over 2 weeks.

Friday night I removed my extensions with Proclaim Super Bond Remover Oil, which you can purchase at Sally Beauty.

They were applied with Proclaim Dark Super Bond Hair Glue.

While the Remover Oil removed the extensions pretty easily, I had to use the oil in my hair several times and shampoo several times to get all of the glue out of my hair. I ended up using Batiste Blush Dry Shampoo to soak up some of the excess oil.

On Saturday, I went to Ulta and while picking up stuff there, I also picked up 2 jars of Punky Color Cream in Plum. This is a GORGEOUS color.

On Sunday, I applied Manic Panic Atomic Turquoise to my blue bangs section of hair. Then I applied Punky Plum to the rest of my hair. I covered the hair and let it sit in my hair for about 4 hours. Since I had foiled the turquoise section so that no purple would get on it, I rinsed out the purple first, then did the turquoise last. I ended up with my body purple-tinged, so I looked like a World of Warcraft Night Elf!!!

I definitely recommend having help with putting in glue-in extensions or taking them out. While I could easily take out small extensions, like the piece that was on my front left side of my hair, getting out the wide strips in the back required help from Dave, since he could easily see where to apply the oil to gently dissolve the glue and remove it from my hair without pulling my hair out.

Be prepared to lose some hair!
In the process of dissolving the glue to remove it from your hair, you will also lose some hair. This is hair that you would normally lose on a daily or weekly basis when you brush or comb your hair.

Don’t panic!
I panicked and thought my hair was falling out, then realized it wasn’t really that much hair, and probably just about 2 weeks worth of hair that needed to come out. If I had realized this at first, I would not have had a panic attack.

Right now, the turquoise extensions that you see in my hair are from Hot Topic, and they’re very tiny, but cute. They’r80% modacrylic, 20% PVC. They can be curled, crimped, straightened or blow dried.

You can get some great extensions from I Kick Shins.

Or, you can make some extensions in the following way:
1. Buy some platinum blonde human hair wefts (commonly called yaky), which look like the ones pictured here
2. Buy some hair dye, such as Punky Color or Manic Panic and wig clips
3. cut your wefts of hair up into sections.
4. Put your oven temperature at 200 and let your oven heat up
5. get a baking sheet and put foil over it
6. apply hair dye to your wefts of hair, fully saturating the hair on both sides
7. let your hair bake for a half hour to an hour, checking on the hair
8. once the hair is dyed, let it dry
9. then flat iron the hair
10. sew the hair onto the wig clips
11. cut the hair the way you like it, or wear it just as it is.

I may do a tutorial on how to make your own extensions if this post receives enough comments and people are interested.

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